The Frederic Goudy (1865–1947) Collection includes books, manuscripts, and memorabilia by and about
the famous American designer of type who, in the early 1940s, designed the Scripps Modern and
Italic type faces for the proprietary use of the
Scripps College Press.
Denison Library has his original pencil drawings of the type, the cardboard and lead patterns used in cutting the
matrices, and the matrices themselves.